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Over 800,000 people watched the finals live last night (jk, but there was an active group of 130 people, thanks everyone for tuning in!)

And we've got the recording of the finals right here. An intense match between Taters and Metanet01.

The next ESL cup is for US folks and is coming next Saturday.

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Gamescom SpeedRunners Cup on the Twitch Stage

31 Jul

Super incredible news everyone!

Next week we are hosting a full-on SpeedRunners tournament at Gamescom, with prizes and the finals on the twitch stage, broadcasted to the twitch homepage!

Where?

Hall 10.1, part of Indie Arena

Search for two dudes in BRIGHT ORANGE HATS

We will have a big SpeedRunners wall banner

Corner booth

When?

Tourney 1 - Wednesday 5th August

Qualifiers Start at 10am

Finals at 7pm on Twitch stage

This tourney is for everyone who can get in on Wednesday, you need a business or media badge to do so

Tourney 2 - Thursday 6th August

Qualifiers start at 10am

Finals at 7pm on Twitch stage

This tourney is open to everyone visiting on Thursday

Prizes?

We are giving away lanyards and T-Shirts as prizes. The winner of Thursday's event will take home a 3D-printed SpeedRunners cup!

Do I need to sign up?

Qualifiers will be held live every 30 minutes. If you want a guaranteed spot -- email us to contact at tinybuildgames dot com with:

- Your name

- Your estimate time of arrival on wednesday/thursday

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Watch the Turkey vs Metanet01 match

30 Jul

Missed the livestream? We got you covered.

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King of Speed Tonight: PurpleTurkey vs Metanet01

30 Jul

Tune in tonight for the ultimate showdown -- the new King of Speed (PurpleTurkey) will defend his title against Metanet01.

7pm Germany-Netherlands-Central Europe

6pm UK Time

Me and Casper will once again drunkenly comment over this exciting match, expect some giveaways, behind the scenes commentary and some of the most high level SpeedRunners play to date!

Official thread with event rules

Who will be the King of Speed?

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SpeedRunners now an ESL Esport, First Cups Detailed

29 Jul

This Saturday marks a new chapter for the SpeedRunners community, as we've just become an official ESL Esport. Sign-ups are now open!

The first ESL Cup will allow you to win an exclusive ESL-themed boost trail

Sign up for the EU Cup[play.eslgaming.com]

Sign Up for the US Cup[play.eslgaming.com]

Read the PCGamer reveal

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r42: Introducing Golden Characters [live]

28 Jul

Hi everyone!

This week will be packed with events and news. Let's start off with a major update -- introducing R42 with HANDICAPPED CHARACTERS! The 5 original runners now have Golden Versions which unlock by getting tons of XP. Odds are you're really good at SpeedRunners if you unlock them, you can show off your skills with... sparkles. We will let the community hunt these down to make screenshots.

Release log for r42:

Gameplay:

* Added 5 handicapped characters, unlocked by getting a lot of XP.

* Made throwing fireballs up slopes and in corridors easier

* You can now deflect fireballs with a well-timed explosion

* improved bots a little bit.

* there's now a 0.25 second delay after picking up an item during which you cannot pick up

* A new item usable when you play as Gold Characters

* improved stunned movement behaviour

* reduced the duration of the taunt from 3.5 seconds to 1 second

Maps:

* re-worked the right section of SS Royale

* tweaked some areas in Plaza

* Various improvements to Prototype 2

Editor:

* you can now move the camera with the mouse and gamepad

* press ESC to quit

* You can now switch themes from inside the editor

* you can now switch from multiplayer to singleplayer (and back) inside the editor

* multi-threaded checkpoint editing (making it less laggy)

* checkpoint editing provides a bit more feedback

Bugs:

* fixed an obscure bug: dieing right after a respawn

* fixed a bug where some players could not edit their control scheme

* fixed a crash when zooming all the way out in checkpoint editing mode

* fixed some bugs related to muting

* fixed a bug that disallowed publishing levels

* fixed bouncing up on slopes while frozen

We also added a nice little update box to the main screen. This will have very relevant updates, for example the upcoming King of Speed match.

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Gamescom SpeedRunners Tournament

26 Jul

Are you coming to Gamescom? Do you play SpeedRunners? We've got something for you.

On August 5th and 6th we are running the SpeedRunners EU Cup. Anyone can participate and win T-Shirts and sweet hats!

But that's not the fun part yet.

On both 5th and 6th of August we have a deal with Twitch where the finales of the day will take place on the Twitch Stage at 7pm. This means you can showoff your SpeedRunners skills on the Twitch homepage!

SpeedRunners EU Cup

5th and 6th of August at Gamescom

Qualifiers all day at Hall 10.1, SpeedRunners Booth In Indie Arena

Finals on the Twitch stage and featured livestream

SpeedRunner, Falcon, and Sherlock Bones T-Shirts as prizes!

Are you coming to Gamescom? Go to Hall 10.1 on the 5th and 6th of August!

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Congrats PurpleTurkey on becoming King of Speed!

24 Jul

The full match of Taters vs PurpleTurkey is here

Thanks everyone who tuned in, and I'm personally looking forward to a rematch with Taters in a couple of weeks.

Who will challenge PurpleTurkey for the King of Speed title next week?

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Taters vs Turkey: King of Speed Community Event this Thursday

20 Jul

Join us this Thursday to watch the two top SpeedRunners players battle for the title of KING OF SPEED.

Taters vs PurpleTurkey

Best of 15

Thursday July 23 6pm UK time / 7pm Amsterdam (CET)

Winner gets crowned King of Speed in SpeedRunners

Title is held until challenged by another player

The last official match, Roland vs Taters, was some of the best SpeedRunners high level play I've ever seen. Check out the video below: